No Apple has patented a particular rectangle of a particular size.
Nope, have a look at the actual patent. I quote: "The claimed surface of the ectronic device is illustrated with the color designation for the color black. [Accompanied by an image of an iPhone with its face coloured.]The electronicdevice is not limited to the scale shown herein. Asindicated in the title, the Article of manufacture to which the ornamental design has been applied is an electronic device, mediaplayer (e.g.,music, video and/or gameplayer), media storage device, a personal digital assistant, a communication device (e.g., cellularphone), a noveltyitem or toy." So that would be any electronic device cannot be a have rounded corners.
Yeah, I wasn't sure when that came into effect. Interstingly they're backtracking a little on the cuts they made to the World Service for certain areas of the world. I guess that will mean an ever bigger burden down the line.
As a fan of the BBC I wish all of this were true, unfortuantly its not quite. The BBC's budget is used as a politcal weapon. The Conservatives would like to reduce the BBCs size and thus influence, something they were calling for before they were in power. Personally I'd summise that if News International hadn't scored such an amazing own goal recently (as a lot of influence was coming from them) that the pressure to do so would increase. Their main problem is that like the NHS, on the whole people quite like the BBC...
Also it's woth noting the World Service I'm pretty sure is paid for by the goverment rather than from the license.
Seems NASA has mastered the technical hurdles of Mars but rested on its laurels instead, sticking to tried and true approaches.
Think you might be underestimating the task somewhat! I'd still say shooting something that size from this plannet and getting it to the ground safley is a big ask!
Did you read the article? You download the app from whatever store, then it downloads a second file which it then installs as a 'driver' which does 'bad things'. The user is prompted if they want to install it, but the box just reappears if you hit no. That would be hard to detect from which ever store it was posted to.
Obviously the fact that a downloaded wallpaper can install this 'driver' is wrong and needs to be looked at.
Adults who have better things to do with their time then chase the latest trend.
Right, but will they install a new app when their one stops working?
Anyway its the kids that set the direction, if it became cool to use G+ so all the kids switched, as they get older G+ will become dominant as everyone and their piers (and their celebrities) are on it and it would bubble up to the 20-25 year olds in 5 years time. So us oldies aren't important really, yeah we prop up the numbers now but aren't the future. So Twitter should be wary of alienating the 15year olds as they do so at their peril.
Looks impressive. I do wonder why they don't add the ability to download the music via bittorrent. I know its available else where, but why not via the actual site? Surly that could cut the cost of hosting and thus would let people contribute to the project in a way other than cash?
The real issue with this though is that while they work well in time of low volatility they do not provide liquidity when its needed the most (Impact event's such as earnings, etc)
And why would they? Why would anyone stand in the way of a major move?
They also tend to step in front of legitimate trades to skim a bit off of the top
As in they place an order on the book just like anyone else. Also these are legitimate trades, if you are on the other side you'll be getting a better deal.
I does all just seem like madness. On the upside, it's also an opportunity. I hope that the alternative operating systems and office suites get themselves into a position to profit from this (I'm looking at you Linux) then all I need is services such as Bloomberg to offer a Linux alternative, and the future would start to look a lot better!
Thing is, if you're going to to go though the pain of re-training to get people using a new interface, why not look at alternatives?
Not just in operating systems but all types of apps, I've often wondered why the change to the seeminly quite hated ribbon didn't push organisations into Office alternatives for example. Personally I hope it makes people look else where and hopfully it will loosen Microsoft's vice like grip on the commerical desktop market. Lets just hope the alternatives are ready...
Thanks, thats all been quite interesting. I always thought variable power sources such as wind would be quite well suited, I guess they are but maybe more in a pumping capacity than the actual process?
Frankly its about time the credit card companies \ bank sorted themselves out. What we need is a number that can be given out but links to one merchant only. So if these numbers are retrieved by a third party damage is limited as they can only be used on the original site, and it would be trivial to revoke them when the intrusion was discovered. Unlike right now as when you discover someone might have your cc information, you have to cancel the card, wait for the new one to be issued and re-enter the new information into all the other sites.
The same goes for bank details. When we need to transfer cash electronically from one person to another, why not give us 'deposit only' details to give out?
I know the banking sector moves at a snails pace on things like this, but seriously, how hard can it be?
I know this is/. where everyone is an expert on everything, so I'll buck the trend and ask a honest question; wouldn't desalination be the perfect use for the power supplied by sources such as wind and solar? (Solar especially I guess.) As it appears to the be perfectly suited to the variable power output that these generate?
There's a difference between collecting water than runs off your house and putting up a 20 foot damn to create a reservoir and stop water flowing into the local river. What would you do if you were down stream and your river dried up?
Would we get as much content if they couldn't sell it? No. People want to see things like the iPlayer's Olympic coverage, yet the license fee is frozen. How else is it all going to be paid for? Until there is a decent alternative I cant see it changing...
Exception: If you only watch catch-up services online, then you don’t need a licence. For example, you don’t need one to use BBC iPlayer, or ITV player, to catch up on programmes after they have been shown on TV.
I think this is another good argument for the BBC becoming a subscription service.
To turn it into another SKY or ITV? Full of middle-of-the-road-must-please-everybody trash. I shudder at the thought. And you'd certainly have no more iPlayer...
I think its more than a massive range, its actually everything. Not only that you can watch everything that's already happened. Its just awesome! Only downside -- for me anyway -- is they use Flash player.
Automatic CCTV numberplate recognition algorithm will automatically fine you for stopping on a (double) yellow line for more than a minute...
As a Londoner who has to use those roads, good. People selfishly stopping on main roads to pop in and buy some fags and a paper continually snarls up the traffic in this city. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen roads backed up because one asshat has parked up forcing the traffic from 2 lanes to one, causing huge congestion and waisted time for everyone. All because they cant be arsed to drive an extra 10meters and pull into one of the side roads to park. Gah.
When I'm mayor (you never know! I mean who'd have though Boris would have got in!) all main roads will be red routes and at least the first few spaces in all side roads will be limited time free parking to accommodate the local businesses./rant
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Not sure what you're saying, and obviously I don't know the guy, but I'd imagine he wouldn't want NASA to stop their work on his account.
No Apple has patented a particular rectangle of a particular size.
Nope, have a look at the actual patent. I quote: "The claimed surface of the ectronic device is illustrated with the color designation for the color black. [Accompanied by an image of an iPhone with its face coloured.] The electronicdevice is not limited to the scale shown herein. Asindicated in the title, the Article of manufacture to which the ornamental design has been applied is an electronic device, mediaplayer (e.g.,music, video and/or gameplayer), media storage device, a personal digital assistant, a communication device (e.g., cellularphone), a noveltyitem or toy." So that would be any electronic device cannot be a have rounded corners.
It's a shame isn't it? We have to forgo these fun little tit-bits for these sorts of issues.
Yeah, I wasn't sure when that came into effect. Interstingly they're backtracking a little on the cuts they made to the World Service for certain areas of the world. I guess that will mean an ever bigger burden down the line.
As a fan of the BBC I wish all of this were true, unfortuantly its not quite. The BBC's budget is used as a politcal weapon. The Conservatives would like to reduce the BBCs size and thus influence, something they were calling for before they were in power. Personally I'd summise that if News International hadn't scored such an amazing own goal recently (as a lot of influence was coming from them) that the pressure to do so would increase. Their main problem is that like the NHS, on the whole people quite like the BBC...
Also it's woth noting the World Service I'm pretty sure is paid for by the goverment rather than from the license.
I don't think closing this particular studio will stop Sony from milking that particular cash cow...
Seems NASA has mastered the technical hurdles of Mars but rested on its laurels instead, sticking to tried and true approaches.
Think you might be underestimating the task somewhat! I'd still say shooting something that size from this plannet and getting it to the ground safley is a big ask!
Did you read the article? You download the app from whatever store, then it downloads a second file which it then installs as a 'driver' which does 'bad things'. The user is prompted if they want to install it, but the box just reappears if you hit no. That would be hard to detect from which ever store it was posted to.
Obviously the fact that a downloaded wallpaper can install this 'driver' is wrong and needs to be looked at.
Adults who have better things to do with their time then chase the latest trend.
Right, but will they install a new app when their one stops working?
Anyway its the kids that set the direction, if it became cool to use G+ so all the kids switched, as they get older G+ will become dominant as everyone and their piers (and their celebrities) are on it and it would bubble up to the 20-25 year olds in 5 years time. So us oldies aren't important really, yeah we prop up the numbers now but aren't the future. So Twitter should be wary of alienating the 15year olds as they do so at their peril.
Looks impressive. I do wonder why they don't add the ability to download the music via bittorrent. I know its available else where, but why not via the actual site? Surly that could cut the cost of hosting and thus would let people contribute to the project in a way other than cash?
The real issue with this though is that while they work well in time of low volatility they do not provide liquidity when its needed the most (Impact event's such as earnings, etc)
And why would they? Why would anyone stand in the way of a major move?
They also tend to step in front of legitimate trades to skim a bit off of the top
As in they place an order on the book just like anyone else. Also these are legitimate trades, if you are on the other side you'll be getting a better deal.
I does all just seem like madness. On the upside, it's also an opportunity. I hope that the alternative operating systems and office suites get themselves into a position to profit from this (I'm looking at you Linux) then all I need is services such as Bloomberg to offer a Linux alternative, and the future would start to look a lot better!
Sounds about right! So it can be used for subscriptions, etc? Are listening First Direct?!
Thing is, if you're going to to go though the pain of re-training to get people using a new interface, why not look at alternatives?
Not just in operating systems but all types of apps, I've often wondered why the change to the seeminly quite hated ribbon didn't push organisations into Office alternatives for example. Personally I hope it makes people look else where and hopfully it will loosen Microsoft's vice like grip on the commerical desktop market. Lets just hope the alternatives are ready...
Thanks, thats all been quite interesting. I always thought variable power sources such as wind would be quite well suited, I guess they are but maybe more in a pumping capacity than the actual process?
Frankly its about time the credit card companies \ bank sorted themselves out. What we need is a number that can be given out but links to one merchant only. So if these numbers are retrieved by a third party damage is limited as they can only be used on the original site, and it would be trivial to revoke them when the intrusion was discovered. Unlike right now as when you discover someone might have your cc information, you have to cancel the card, wait for the new one to be issued and re-enter the new information into all the other sites.
The same goes for bank details. When we need to transfer cash electronically from one person to another, why not give us 'deposit only' details to give out?
I know the banking sector moves at a snails pace on things like this, but seriously, how hard can it be?
Good point, so how can California be in this situation?!
I know this is /. where everyone is an expert on everything, so I'll buck the trend and ask a honest question; wouldn't desalination be the perfect use for the power supplied by sources such as wind and solar? (Solar especially I guess.) As it appears to the be perfectly suited to the variable power output that these generate?
There's a difference between collecting water than runs off your house and putting up a 20 foot damn to create a reservoir and stop water flowing into the local river.
What would you do if you were down stream and your river dried up?
Blimey, I amost clicked that as well! Seeing that sort of filth on /. makes me hark back to the good ol' days of the Goatse links...
Would we get as much content if they couldn't sell it? No. People want to see things like the iPlayer's Olympic coverage, yet the license fee is frozen. How else is it all going to be paid for? Until there is a decent alternative I cant see it changing...
Nope. If all you watch is catchup services on a device that cant receive live TV then you don't need a TV license.
From here.
Exception: If you only watch catch-up services online, then you don’t need a licence. For example, you don’t need one to use BBC iPlayer, or ITV player, to catch up on programmes after they have been shown on TV.
I think this is another good argument for the BBC becoming a subscription service.
To turn it into another SKY or ITV? Full of middle-of-the-road-must-please-everybody trash. I shudder at the thought. And you'd certainly have no more iPlayer...
I think its more than a massive range, its actually everything. Not only that you can watch everything that's already happened. Its just awesome! Only downside -- for me anyway -- is they use Flash player.
Automatic CCTV numberplate recognition algorithm will automatically fine you for stopping on a (double) yellow line for more than a minute...
As a Londoner who has to use those roads, good. People selfishly stopping on main roads to pop in and buy some fags and a paper continually snarls up the traffic in this city. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen roads backed up because one asshat has parked up forcing the traffic from 2 lanes to one, causing huge congestion and waisted time for everyone. All because they cant be arsed to drive an extra 10meters and pull into one of the side roads to park. Gah.
When I'm mayor (you never know! I mean who'd have though Boris would have got in!) all main roads will be red routes and at least the first few spaces in all side roads will be limited time free parking to accommodate the local businesses. /rant